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Letters Patent No. 93,165, dated August 3, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRAIN -BIN DERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JACOB BEHEL, of Rockford,in the county of Winnebago, and State of Illinois, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in'Binding-Apparatus, for the purpose ofbinding grain, and for other purposes to which such apparatus may beapplicable; and that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

The general operation of the binding-apparatus I am about to describe,when applied to a harvester, is as follows:

- The grain received upon the raking-platform of the harvester iscollected, by a rake, into a gavel, and is pushed, heads foremost, intoa crad e having a flaring mouth to admit it, and direct it into aring-carrier, by which a compressing-belt or strap, and thebindingmaterial, drawn from a spool, are carried around the gavel.

The end of the compressing-belt is carried round the gavel, under aspring-tension, sufiicient to compress it for binding, and thebinding-material carried round the compressed gavel, is severed from themass on the spool, and has its ends united so as to secure the band,after which the compressing-belt is released and withdrawn from thebound sheaf, leaving the latter free to be discharged, by hand, orotherwise, from the cradle in which the binding is effected.

The object of the first part of the invention which constitutes thesubjectmatter of the present patent, is to enable the band to becompressed, and the hinding-material to be applied and secured, by theapplication of power to one shaft or wheel, although the band-securingmechanism be stationary, or, in other words, he not carried around thegavel.

This part of the invention consists of the combination of aring-carrier, or its equivalent, for carrying the binding-material, anda com pressing-strap,or either of these, around the position of thegavel, and of a stationary band-securing instrument, with the samedriving-shaft, by means of a clutch, or other suitable connecting anddisconnecting-mechanisn1, operating in such manner that thering-carrier, or its equivalent, and the band-seeming mechanism, arealternately connected with the driving-shaft, so that whileone is beingoperated thereby, the other is disengagedtherefiom. This improvementretains all the advantages incident to a stationary band-securingmechanism, and yet relieves the operator of the apparatus fromthenecessity of shifting his hands from one part of the machine to another,whereby time is lost, and confusion apt to be created. The band-securinginstrument which I prefer to use iirthis combination, is the tyingbill,heretofore invented and patented by me, but some other of the knownband-securing instruments may be substituted for my tying-bill in thiscombination,

provided the remainder of the band-securing mechanism be adapted to it,and the band-securing instrument be arranged so as to be stationary inthe machine, while combined with the driving-shaft, that also operatesthe ring-carrier, by a clutch, or its cqnivalent.

My invention, consists further, of the arrangement of the mechanism fortransmitting motion to the bandsecuring .mechanism, andthe.ring-oarrier, from the same driving-shaft or wheel, in such mannerthat the latter may be revolved in the same direction while operatingthe band-securing mechanism and the ring carrier, whereby the necessityof reversing the movement, of the driving-shaft or wheel is avoided.

My invention consists, further, of the combination of a turningdetachable holder, for the compressing-belt or strap, with a detentfitted with two stops, and arranged to slide upon the ring-carrier, inthe direction of its peri-phery,.so that the liberation and subsequentarrest of the detachable strap-holder, for the purpose of letting go andrecatching the compressing-belt, may be effected by sliding the detentin alternately opposite directions upon the ring-carrier, or itsequivalent, for. carrying said detent and detachable strap-holder.

My invention consists,'further, of the combination of the ring-carrierwith a curved guard set upon the frame-work of the binding-apparatus, soclose to the ringcarrier that the head of the compressing-strap or beltcannot pass between the two, and that the head of the belt may be caughtby the guard in case it escapes from the strap-holder. I

My invention consists, further, of the combination of the ling-carrierwith a curved belt-guard, composed of two members, separated by agate-Way, of su'fiicient size to permit the passage of the head of thecompressing-strap, so that it may be readily passed to the inner side ofthe guard.

My invention consists, further, of the arrangement of the curvedbelt-guard, the detachable strap-holder, and the ring-carrier, in suchmanner that the inner curved surface of the belt-guard is in closeproximity to the track pursued by the outermost arm of the detachablestrap-holder, as carried by the ring-carrier, so that the head of thecompressing-strap is held by the guard in the position to be picked upby the strap-holder in its movement by'the ring-carrier, or itsequivalent, for carrying the strap-holder.

My invention consists, further, of a cord-holder which is a combinationof twojaws, provided with ribs, serrated in the same direction, the onejaw constructed to move longitudinally to and fro along the other, sothat the binding-material, when once engaged between the jaws, is movedby each reciprocation of the sliding jaw towards one end of thecord-holder.

My invention consists, further, of the combination of the serrated jawsof the cord-holder with one or more fingers, for the purpose of pushingthe binding-material into thegripe of the jaws.

My invention consists, further, of the combination of the cord-holder,having jaws, one of which moves longitudinally upon the other, with aknife or knives operating in connection with said jaws, so that thehindiug-1naterial is severed by said knives after it is in the gripe ofthe jaws, and at a point between the jaws and the position of the gavel,whereby the new end formed by cutting is left in the gripe of the jaws.

My invention consists, further, of the combination of. the cord-holder,having jaws, one of which moves to and fro upon the other, with. abelay-hook, that prevents the biuding-material from being draggedlongitudinally from the said jaws. I

My invention'consists, further, in the combination of a cord-holder,having jaws, one of which moves to and fro upon the other, with one ormore fingers projecting across the slit between the jaws, and with abelayhook, so that the binding-material is both'pushed into the gripe ofthe'jaws and prevented from being pulled out.

My invention consists, further, of the combination of the movable jaw ofthe cord-holder and the detentstops ofthe detachable strap-holder, withthe same slide, or its equivalent, so that the cordholder and detachablestrap-holder are both actuated by the same instrument.

My invention consists, further, of the combination of thering-cariier,the movable jaw of the cord-holder, and the movable blade for severingthe binding-material, with-rotating cams, in such manner that theclosing-movement of the cord-holder is efl'ected'by two steps, the firstof which effects the seizure of the hinding-material, and the last ofwhich effects its sever- My invention consists, further, of thecombination of a stationary band-securing instrument, with thering-carrier and the slide, or other instrument, for actuating eitherthe movable jaw of the cord-holder, the movable shear-blade, or thedetent of the detachable strap-holder, or two -or more of these threeappurtenances of the ring-carrier, with cams connected with themechanism that transmits motion to the band-securing instrument,,so thatone or more of the said appurtenances of the ring-carrier may beoperated by imparting motion to the stationary band-securing instrument.

My invention consists, further, of the combination of the band-securinginstrument with a revolving shaft, by means of a crank and slottedconnectingrod (or their equivalents) and a segment and pinion, the wholeoperating in such manner that the movement of the band-seculiuginstrument toward and from the position for tying, and the turning ofsaid instrument for securing the band, are effected alternately by therevolution of one shaft.

My invention consists, further, of the combination of the swinging gate,or stock that carries the bandsecuring instrument, with a stud and stop,to determine the position of the baud-securing instrument during thesecuring of the band.

My invention consists, further, of the combination of the swinging gate,or stock of the band-securing instrument, with a finger swinging on acentre distinct from that of the swinging gate, for the purpose ofgathering or holding the two members of the band to the notch of theshield-plate.

My invention consists, further, of the combination of the swinging armor frame for the spool of bindingmaterial with a disk-head (fortransmitting the detaining-force to the said material) that is separatefrom the spool, so that one spool of material may be substituted foranother, without the necessity of having a disk-head upon each.

My invention consists, i'urther,of the combination of the swinging frameor arm fo'rthe spool of bindingmaterial with a spool-shaft that isremovable endwise therefrom, and with a. holder, to maintain thespoolshaft in its position, so that the spool may be readily withdrawnor replaced and secured in the spoolframe, by withdrawing or replacingthe holder and the. spoolshaft 011 which it acts.

My invention consists, further, of the combination of the stop thatholds the ring-carrier in its position, during the securing of the band,with the band-securing instrument, "by acam (or other instrument) thatpermits the movement of the stop and ring-carrier during the securing ofthe band, so that binding-ma terial is then rendered up for forming thetie of the band. 7

My invention consists, further, of the combination of the swinging frameor arm for the spool of bindingmaterial with a spool-shaft that isremovable endwise therefrom, a holder, to hold said shaft in itsposition, and a spring, to keep said holder in place, and determine thetension upon the binding-material, or perform either of these functions.

In order that the operation'of my various combinations may beunderstood, I will proceed to describe a binding-apparatus, whichembodies them all in the best form which I have thus far devised, and Iwill refer to the accompanying drawings thereof, in which Figurel'represents a plan of the apparatus;

Figure 2 represents a side view thereof;

Figure 3 represents a rear elevation thereof Figure 4 represents 'a rearview thereof, with certain portions removed; to permit others to beseen; and Figures 5 to 23 represent views of certain parts of theapparatus,-detacl1ed from the remainder, and designated' by the sameletters of reference as are applied to them where they appear in thepreceding figures, some of such parts being drawn upon a larger scalethan the other figures.

The apparatus represent-ed in'the said drawings is of a suitable form tohe applied to a harvesting-mar chine, and to receive a gavel of grainfrom the raking-platform thereof.

The ring-carrierA of this apparatus, and the devices for supporting it,are mounted in a frame-work, composed mainly of two circular frames; B Band of the platform or base 0, to which they are made fast.

These frames are lined at each side of the ringcarrier with sheet-metal,D D, so as to form a cradle, in which the grain is inserted for binding;the front portion D of the cradle being made flaring,,in order to admitthe grain more readily, and direct it into the ring-carrier.

The ring-carrier A is constructed with an inner flange, b, and anexterior rim, furnished with cogteeth b, and the flange andrim areconnected by studs, if, so that a ring-flame of great strength andrigidity, and yet of light weight, is produced.

The periphery of this ring-carrier has a groove, 0, turned in it, toreceive the treads of three wheels, E 16 E, whose arbors turn inbearings secured to the frames B B, and as the guiding-groove e is uponthe ring-carrier, and not formed in the treads of the wheels, thegroovcis protected from straws by the substance of the ring-carrier.

The cog-teeth I at the rim of the ring-carrier, gear nto a wheel,through which motion is imparted to the ring-carrier.

This wheel F is fitted to turn looselyupon an arbor, a, which alsosupports a second cog-wheel, F, of the same 'size as the first, and thissecond wheel gears into a cog-wheel, F whose shaft a. turns in bearingssecured to the frame-work of the apparatus, and is fitted with twocrank-handles, G G, to which the hands of the operator are applied, sothat this crank-shaft a becomes the driving-shaft of the apparatus, andthe cog-wheel F, the driving-whee].

In order that the baml-secuiing mechanism and the ring-carrier may bothbe operated'by turning the driv- -ing-wheel F and yet that theband-securing mechanism may remain at rest on the frame-work of themachine, While the ring carrier is carrying the band around the gavel,and that the ring-carrier may remain at rest while the band-securingmechanism is operated to secure the band, the intermediate cog-wheel isconnected alternately, by means of a clutch, with the cog-wheel F (thattransmits motion .to the ring-carrier) and with the arbor a, (thattransmits motion, as hereinafter described, to the band-securingmechanism,) and in order that the operation may be automatic, the clutchis controlled by the driving-wheel F The moving member of the clutchconsists of a tooth, c, (fig. 15,) arranged within the casing formed bythe disks and rims of the two cog-wheels F F, so that it is protectedfrom straws and dust.

This tooth is connected with a spring, 0, (fig. 14,) that tends to forceit from the arbor a into a notch, formed in a circular rib, 0 on theinterior of the cogwheel F, and when the tooth is engaged in this notch,the cog-wheel F and the ring-carrier A are connected with theintermediate cog-wheel F and the driving: wheel F and are forced to turnwith the drivingwheel The arbor a is fitted with a hub, 0, having atooth, c", at its periphery, at such distance from the, arbor that whenthe clutch-tooth c is disengaged: from the notch of the rim 0, it is inposition to engage with the tooth of the hub c, and rice verse. Hence,when the movable clutch-tooth 0 is engaged with the arbor a, thecog-wheel F and the ring-carrier A are disconnected from thedriving-wheel, and remain at rest, while the hand-secnring mechanism,connected with the arbor a, is operated by the same driving-wheel.

In order that the operation of the clutch may be controlled by thedriving-wheel F, the movable clutchtooth c is formed with a. projection,0 that extends through an opening in the rim of the wheel F, within therange of travel of a cam, 0 carried by the driving-wheel F so thatwhenever the driving-wheel cam c and the projection c of theclutch-tooth come in contact, the clutch-tooth is forced inward, wherebyit is disengaged from the notch of the wheel F, and engaged with thedisk 0 ofthe arbor a.

In order that the driving-wheel F may be moved continuously in the samedirection, whether operating the ring-carrier or the band-securingmechanism, the wheels F" F F F, that transmit motion from the arbor a tothe instrument for securing the band, are so arranged that the arbor amay revolve in the same direction as the cog-wheel F.

In the apparatus represented in the drawings, I have proportioned theparts of the machinery in such manner that six revolutions of the wheelsF F, when connected, are required to turn the ring-carrier one completerevolution for encircling the gavel with the compressing-belt andbinding-material, and that one revolution of the arbor a, with the wheelF, is required to operate the halal-securing mechanism for securing theband for a sheaf of grain.

In order, therefore, that the cluch may be operated by the driving-wheelearn a only when the ring-carrier has completed its revolution, thedriving-whcel-is made two and one-third times the diameter of thecog-wheel F, so thatthree turns of the driving-wheel correspond withseven turns of the wheel F, and consequently the cam c (of thedriving-wheel) and the projection c (of the clutch-tooth) will come incontact only every seventh turn of the cog-wheel F.

When the clutch is engaged with the disk-tooth c, it is carried aroundwithin the circular rib c of the wheel F, (which, being disconnectedfrom the wheel F is then at rest,)' and is thereby maintained in,engagernent with the disk 0, until the latter, and the arbor with whichit is connected, have completed a revolution, and brought theclutch-tooth again opposite the notch of the rim 0", whereupon, as thecam c has in the mean time been carried away from the position of thenotch, the clutchmooth is disengaged (by the action of its spring) fromthe disk and arbor a of the band-securing mechanism, and is re-cngagedwith the cog-wheel F of the ring-carrier.

In order that the ring-carrier may not retrograde under the strain ofthe compressing-belt, when the ring-carrier is disengaged (by the actionof the clutchtooth) from the driving-wheel W, a spring-stop, H, isprovided.

This stop operates in connection with a tooth, ll, that is secured tothe ring-carrier A, and is inclined at its front side, so as to raisethe stop H, and pass beneath it, as the ring-carrier completes itsrevolution.

The rear side of the tooth (l is radial, or thereabout, with thering-carrier, so that the tooth does not tend to disengage itself fromthe end of the stop H, with which it is brought in contact by the strainof the compressing-belt, as soon as the ring-carrier is liberated fromthe driving-power by the action of the clutchtooth c.

The ring-carrier carries a detachable strap-holder, (for carrying thecompressing-strap around the gavel,) and the cord-holder or forceps, forcarrying the hinding-material around the gavel. v

The detachable strap-holder I is located at the side of the ring-carrierat which the gavel is entered, and the cord-holder J is located at therear side of the carposed between the compressing-strap and thebindingmaterial, thereby preventing the one from interfering with theother.

The detachable. strap-holder I has three forked arms, to receive andhold the head of the compressing-strap, and is constructed to turn on apivot. Its plate i (see, particularly, figs. 9, 10, 11, and 12,) isreceived in a circular socket formed in the face of the ring-carrier,and is provided, at its hinder side, with three teeth or pallets, t,which engage, in succession, with the two stops it h of a slidingdetent, M, that is operated v(as hereinafter described) after the sheafis bound, to release the pallet corresponding with the forked arm thatholds the compressing-belt, and permit the strapholder to turnsufliciently to let go the compressingbelt, and then stop the furtherrevolution of the strapholder, (by engaging with the next succeedingpallet,) so as to hold it, with its next succeeding arm, in the properposition to catch the head of the compressingbelt.

In order "that the detent may thus operate, it is fitted with the twobar-stops h 7t, separated transversely by a space as large as thebreadth of a pallet, and so arranged that their adjacent ends overlap.Hence, when the detent isin the position represented at fig. 10, (whichis the position it occupies while the ring-carrier is revolving aroundthe gavel,) the barstop It is in the track of the pallets i and preventsthe strap-holder from turnin If, however, the detent be moved in thedirect-ion of the arrow i in' fig. 10, the stop It is withdrawn from thetrack of the pallet, and the strap-holder is permitted to turn (underthe strain of the comprcssing-belt) a short distance, until'the palletcomes in contact with the second barstop It, as seen in Figure 10, bywhich the strap-holder is held from turning, until the detent is movedin a direction the opposite of that indicated-by the arrow f in fig. 10,a su'tiicient distance to carry the end of the second stop It past thetrack of the pallet 71, which is thus liberated, while the first stop Itis interposed, by the same movement of the detent, in the track of thenext succeeding pallet, so that the strap-holder is perrier, so that thesubstance of the ring-carrier is intermitted to turn (by the liberationof the first pallet) a sufficient distance to let go thecompressing-belt from the forked arm that held it, and is then stoppedor arrested, (by the contact of the next succeeding pallet with thefirst stop,) with its next succeeding forked arm, in the positionrequired to catch the head of the compressing-bolt, and hold it, whilebeing carried around the gavel of grain to be bound next.

The compressing-belt or strap in is, in this instance, a leather cord,or round belt, having one of its ends formed into a head, or, fig. 11,by knotting it, so that it will not pass through the crotch in theforked arms of the compressing-strap holder I.

In order that this compressing-belt may compress the gavel with therequisite force, it is made fast to the end of a vibrating man or lever,L, that is acted upon by a strong V- shaped spring, L, which thus exertstension upon the belt.

The belt, proceeding from the vibrating arm, is passed to and fro overpulley-sheaves l I, so that the arm, in giving up and taking back thebelt, need move only a distance equal to one-third of the movement ofthe belt.

The last pulley-sheave, Z, delivers the belt.iu a proper direction topass to the strap-holder.

In order that the' head of the belt may be readily taken up by thestrap-holder when it becomes accidentally disengaged, acurved guard,fffl is applied to the frame B, with its fiat side far enough from theadjacent face of the ring-carrier to form a slot, through which the bodyof the compressing-belt can pass easil y, but not wide enough to permitits head to pass. Hence, if the head of the belt become disengaged fromthe strap-holder, it is caught upon the inner curved side of the guard ff and, as this side of the guard is arranged in close proximity with thepath pursued by the end of the forked arm of the strapholder I thathappens to he outermost, (see fig. 11,) and is concentric with theling-carrier, the head of the belt is in the proper position to bepicked up by this arm in its revolution with the ring-carrier.

In order that the belt-head may be readily applied to the strap-holderin preparing the apparatus for work, or after a new head has been madeupon the belt, the guard is provided with a gate, f, large enough topermit the belt-head to pass easily.

The sides of this gate are inclined downward, so that the member of theguard above the gate overlaps the member that is below the gate, and asthe strain on the belt tends to draw its head downward toward theguide-pulley I, it cannot accidentally escape through the gate, becausesuch escape could be effected only by an upward movement.

As the belt-head wears off in use, the belt, when first applied to themachine, made considerable longer than necessary for work; and thesurplus length is formed into one or more ,loops at the vibrating arm L,at the time it is made fast thereto Then, when albelthead is worn off, anew head may be formed by knotting the free end of the belt, and if theefl'ective length of the belt be thereby made too short, some of thesurplus may be let out at the vibrating arm by untyin g the belt andretying it.

The cord-holder J is composed of two members, j j one of which, j isfixed to the ring-carrier A, while the other, 9', is constructed to movethereon in the direction of its periphery.

The opposing faces of the two members are provided with serrated Jibs 9g, (see figs. 6 to 9) so as to form ribbed jaws to hold thebinding-material, and the ribs of the movable jaw are arranged to enterbetween those of the fixed jaw.

The face of the movable jaw is pressed toward the face of the fixed jaw,by means of a spring, j, that connects the movable jaw with the slide Mthat operates it, so that the binding-material entered between the twois held by griping it. The serrations of the jaws are like saw-teeth,all pointing in a downward direction, so that the rise of the movablejaw does not tend to withdraw the binding-material from between thejaws, while its descent moves the material further downward. Hence, ateach double reciprocation of the movable jaw, the fag end of the band,that remains between the two jaws after the band is cut loose, is workedprogressively downward, and finallyldischarged at the lower ends of thejaws, where there is not-hing to catch it. v i

The upper end of the fixed jaw j is bevelled or inclined inward, so asto form a month which receives the bimling-material and guides it to theface of the movable jaw j, and the movable jaw is fitted with twofingers, which project outward from its face, so that when it is raised,these fingers project across the slit between the serrated ribs of thejaws. Moreover, grooves are formed in the fixed jaw j, to permit thesefingers to pass downward; hence when the binding-material enters themonth of the cord-holder, it passes beneath said fingers, and when themovable jaw is then depressed, these fingers bear upon thebinding-material and push it into the gripe of the two serrated aws.

The bindin -material is drawn from a siool N which is placed below theposition from which the cord-holder starts, when the avel is to beencircled with cord, and to which it is returned when the band aroundthe gavel is ready to be secured and severed from thevlnass of materialwound upon and extending from the-spool; and the portion of the materialextending from the spool to the band, is prevented from rising above theproper position for tying, and is retained within the range of thecord-holder by the tongue or projection s of a shield-plate, O, thatintervenes between the cord-securing mechanism and the position ofthegavel; hence when the cord-holder carried by the ring-carrier approachesthe completion of its revolution round the gavel, to regain itsstartingpoint, it rises under the line of biml ing-lnaterial extendingfrom the notch formed by the tongue of the shield-1 )late to the spool,and takes it into its month, without releasing the end already griped,so that both members of the band around the gavel are then held by thecord-holder.

In order to sever the band encircling the gavel from the remainder, toloose it from the cord-holder, and to leave the newly-formed end of themass wound on the spool in the gripe oi the cord-holder, readyto becarried around the succeeding gavel of grain, aknit'e or shear-blade,1-, is secured to the face of the movable jaw j of the cord-holder,between its ribs and the position, of the gavel, and a correspondingblade, 1'', is secured to theifixed jawj.

The movable blade r projects from the face of the movable jaw across thetrack of the binding-material, as the fingers do, and the fixed blade 1"is arranged to project crosswise beneath the binding-material, so thatwhen the movable jaw is depressed, the edge of the movable blade passesby the edge of the fixed blade and severs the material between the two.

The blades are so arranged, relatively to each other and theirrespective jaws, that the distance between the edges of the blades, whenthe movable jaw is raised to its highest point, is greater than thedistance between the under sides of the fingers g of the movable jaw,and the upper ends of the serrated ribs 9 of the fixed jaw; hence theknife-edges do not pass by each other, to sever the bimling-material,until, it has been pushed within the grasp of the serrated jaws by thefingers. The endot the binding-material extending to the spoolis thusleft in the gripe of the jaws of the cordholder. In order to prevent itfrom being drawn forth in the direction of the length of the ribs of thejaws, a belay-hook, g, is applied to the fixed jaw j between its ribsand the periphery of the ring-carrier. This hook projects across theslit between the ribs of the two jaws, and its upper side'is inclined soas to guide the bimling-1naterial, when forced downward by the fingers,over its point; hence, when the binding-material is forced downward bythe descent of the fingers of the movable jaw, the binding-material ispushed down below the point of the belay-h'ook, and passing beneath it,is thereby overlapped and prevented from rising between the jaws,although the fingers rise and leave it, so that whatever strain isapplied to the hinding-material, must of necessity be in a directioncrosswise to the length of the ribs of the jaws.

The fixed jaw is connected at its outer edge with the ring-carrier bythe portion 9 which prevents the binding-material, when caught in themonth of the cord-holder, from being dragged immediately through theslit between the serrated jaws by the tension aop'liedto the mass uponthe spool N.

In order to simplify the mechanism, the movable jaw of the cord-holderis connected with the same slide M that carries the stop-bars h h of.the detachable strap-holder, and acts as the detent therefor. Thisslideis operated to open and close the cordholder and liberate and stop themovement of the strap-holder, in the following manner 'lhe sllde isextended along the ring-carrier to a portion of it which is opposite thecog-wheel F at the time the ring-carrier is disengaged from thecog-wheel F and the driving-wheel, by the action of the clutch, ashereinbefore described.

The slide is there connected with two elbow-levers P P, whose roundedheads are constructed to protrude beyond the periphery of thering-carrier. The form and relative arrangement of the'levers are suchthat when the head of one protrudes from the periphery of thering-carrier, that of the other does not; and as the heads of theelbow-levers extend toward each other, the depression of one, P, moves.the detent-slide M in the direction (see arrows in figs. 5, 6, 9,)required to open the mouth of the cord-holder, and permit the firstmovement (before described) of the strap-holder, at the same timeturning the second elbow-lever P, and causing its head to protrude,while the depression of the head of this second lever, P, moves thedetent-slide in the opposite direction, thereby closing thecord-holder,causing its fingers g y to push the binding-material intothe gripe of the serrated jaws, and finally effecting the severing ofthe cord by the shear-blades, and also at the same time liberating thepallet of the strap-holder and letting go the compressing-belt. I

The opening of the cord-holder may be effected at one operation, or by asingle continuous movement of the detent-slide, by the elbow-lever P;but as there must be a period of time between the gripip g of thebiiuling-material and its cutting, to permit the band to be secured, themovement of the slide M, by the elbow-lever P in the direction oppositeto that indicated by the arrows in figs. 5, 6, and 9, must be effectedby two steps separated by an interval of rest, the first stop being ofsntlicient length to push the bimliug-material into the gripe ot' theserrated jaws, and the second of sufiicient length to effect thesevering of the material by the shear-blades, and the liberation oi thepallet of the strap-holder, so that the compressing-belt may bereleased, and may be with drawn from'the gavel by the action of theswingingbelt arm L and its spring L.

The several movements of the elbow-levers P .1 required to thus move thedetcnt-slide M, are effected by two cams, x it, applied to the cog-wheelF. The first, a, of these cams, projects sufficiently from the rim ofthe wheel that carries it, to depress the'head of either elbmv-levcr Por P to its greatest extent.

This ram and the elbow-lever P are so located upon the members thatcarry them respectively, (the cogwheel F -and ring-carrier) that whenthe cord-holder arrives at the proper position (relatively to the band-.securing mechanism) for receiving the binding-material, the cam x andthe head of the elbow-lever P are then at those parts of. the cog-wheelF and ringcarrier A that come opposite each other. Consequently'thecontinued movement of the cog-wheel and ring-carrier causes the cam a:to act upon and depress the first elbow-lever P to its full extent.

The second cam a and the second elbow-lever P are so located in likemanner, that when the cord-holder arrives at the proper position forgriping the bindingmaterial, they are at the parts of the cog-wheel andring-carrier-which then come opposite to each other. Consequently themovement of the cog-wheel F causes this second cam to act upon anddepress the second elbow-lever; but as this cam is shorter than thefirst one, the depression is snifieient'only to move the detent-slidethe first step of its return movement, and to effect the griping of thebinding-material, without cutting it or liberating the pallet of thestrapholder.

The second cam :12 is at such a distance fromthe clutch-tooth c on thecog-wheel F, that the clutchtooth is operated by the cam o of thedriving-wheel F, immediately after the second elbow-lever head isdepressed. Consequently the ring-carrier is then disengaged from thecog-wheel F, as before described, and remains at rest with the secondelbow-lever P, opposite the centre of cog-wheel F while this cogwheelcontinues to revolve. in connection with the arbor a that transmitsmotion to the band-securing instrument, for the purpose of actuatingthis inst-rument.

As this cog-wheel F completes its revolution for this purpose,'the firstcam x is brought in contact with the head of the second elbow-lever P,and completes its depression, thus effecting the severing of the bandand the liberation of the compressing-belt, and leaving the cord-holderand detachable strapholder in the proper conditions for carrying the endof the binding-material and compressing-belt around the next succeedinggavel to be bound.

The mechanism for securing the band is attached to the frame-work of themachine in such position that the band-securing instrument can operateupon the portions of the band extending between the cordholder and thenotch of the shield-plate, when the ring-carrier completes itsrevolution.

I prefer to use in my present apparatus the bandsecuring mechanism,invented and described in previous patents granted to me forbinding-apparatus, and consisting essentially of a tying-bill and itsappurtenances.

This tying-bill Q (a detailed description of which and its appurtenancesis given in my said previous patents) is secured to a shaft, z, which iscarried by a gate, R, that is constructed to swing upon an arbor, z,toward and from the adjacent face of the ring-carrier A, so that in itsforward movement its beak is carried across the slit (between theshield-plate O and the ringcarrier) through which the binding-materialextends from the gaveito the cord-holder.

The arrangement of the swinging gate also is such, relatively to thetongue s of the shield-plate, and the position of the cord-holder whenthe ring-carrier stops for the tying of the band, that the tying-bill,when moved forward, (as seen in fig. 18,) comes in contact with thoseportions of the two members of the band around the gavel, which extendbetween the notch of the guard-plate (formed by the tongue s) and thecordholder.

\Vhen the tying-bill is in this forward position, it is revolved byturning its shaft 2 to tie the band into a knot, and is then immediatelydrawn back from the face of the ring-carrier to let go the knot, andresume its position out of the track of the binding-material whenextended from the spool around the gavel.

The forward andretnrn movements of the tyingbill and its revolutionfortying, are all effected by the revolution of a shaft, z, which isconnected by two sets of bevelled wheels F, F, F F, and the shaft a,with the arbor a. of the cog-wheel F.

In order that this shaft z of the band-securing mechanism may move thetying-bill forward and back, it is fitted with a crank, S, whose pin sengages in a slot of a rod, T, that is pivoted to the swinging gate R ofthe tying-bill, so that during one portion of the revolution of theshaft z, the crank-pin bears against one end of the slot, and pushes theswinging gate forward, and during the last portion of the revolution ofthe said shaft, the crank-pin bears against the other end of the slot,and draws the swinging gate back to its position of rest, while, duringan intermediate portion of the revolution of the shaft, the crank-pintraverses the length of the slot, leaving the swinging gate and itstying-bill at rest in their forward positions for tying the knot.

In order that the shaft .7 may also effect the revolution of thetying-bill, the tying-bill shaft z is fitted with a cog-pinion, F andthe shaft z has a cog-segment, F, secured to it in such position,relatively to the crank S, that the first tooth, of the segment engageswith the pinion F as soon as the tying-bill has reached its forwardposition, and then commences to turn it, While the length of thecog-segment and its radius are such that it completes the revolution ofthe pinion F and tying-bill Q before the crank begins to draw thetying-bill back.

As it is desirable that the tying-bill should be retained at its forwardposition during tying, a stud, v, is aflixed to the swinging gate 1%, ina positionto come in contact with the adjacent face of the ring-carrierAwhen the tying-bill is in itsforward position, and prevent it fi'ommoving beyond its proper position, while the act-ion of the segment Fupon the pinion F prevents the tying-bill from retrograding until thetying is effected.

The stud a: and face of the ring-carrier thus act as stops to determinethe position of the tying-bill, which is the band-securing instrument inthe present examplc; but the face of ,the ring-carrier may be replacedby a fixed stop, without changing the mode of operation.

When the revolution of the crank S has been completed, the clutch-tooth0, carried by the wheel F, returns to the position of the notch of thecircular rib of the wheel F, and disengages from the hub of the arbor a,as before described, thus leaving the tying- 7 bill at rest until thenext succeeding gavel has been compressed and surrounded withbinding-material.

I As it is desirable that the tying-bill should not he misplaced by theaccidental turning of the wheels F F 1 F or shaft c during itsdisconnection from the driving-wheel, the arbor a is fitted with a disk,w, flattened at one side, and a spring, 10', is provided to press uponthis flat side when the disconnection takes place, and exert asufficient detaining-forceto hold the members of the band-securingmechanism from moving accidentally from their proper positions.

In order to hold the two members of the band that is around the gaveltogether at the notch of the shieldplate, a finger or latch, U, isprovided. This finger is secured to a stock,'U', figs. 2 and 20, whichis con structed to swing upon a pivot, z, fig. 20, secured to theshield-plate O, and the swinging-finger stock is slotted, to receive theend of a stud, n, fig. 17 which projects from the swinging gate of thetying-bill, so that when the tying-bill is moved forward, the finger Uis moved in'advance of it by the action of the stud 01 upon the side ofthe slot in the swinging-finger stock U, and is caused to pass beneaththe binding-material and gather the lower member of it to the notch ofthe shield-plate. When the tying-bill is withdrawn, the finger is alsowithdrawn by the reverse movement of the stud n in the slot of theswinging-finger stock The spool N, from which the binding-material isdrawn, is mounted on a swinging frame, V, which is constructed to swingupon pivots, 11, so that the spool can be pressed toward the rim of oneof the guidewheels E ofthe ring-carrierA, and the spool isconnected witha disk-head, N, whose rim is borne by the action of a spring(hereinafter more particularly described) against the rim of theguide-wheel, so that the frictional contact of the two tends to turn thespool in the direction required to wind up the binding-material, andfurnishes the detaining-force required to impart the requisite tensionto that material.

The material is conducted from the'spool through an eye-guide, k, in thecross-bar of the frame V, and,

as this guide and the spool-arbor are at opposite sides of the pivots pof the frame, the strain upon the material in pulling it off the spooltends to draw the rim of the disk-head N from the rim of the guide-wheelE, and relaxes the tension when the binding-material is being carriedaround the gavel.

The material is conducted from the eye-guide of the swinging spool-frameto an eye-guide, 5, supported by the swinging gate R of the tying-bill,and as the di- 7 rection of the material in passing from one of theseguides k to the other, It, is substantially at right angles to thelength of the arm of the spool-frame V, the

strain incidental to the drawing off of the binding-material acts to thegreatest advantage in relaxing the tension upon that material.

In order that the spool N, when emptied of binding-material, may bewithdrawn from the machine and replaced by a full spool, it is not madepermanently fast to the shaft t, on which it turns, nor to the diskheadN, but the disk-head N is fitted (see fig. 22) to a hollow shaft, t,which revolves on the shaft t of the spool-frame, and the spool-barrel tis slipped over the hollow shaft t of the disk-head, and is connectedwith the disk-head by a pin, 11,.which, being fast in the disk-head,enters a'- socket in the spool, and connects thetwo, so that theyrevolve together. Hence, by drawing the spool-shaft t endwise from thespool-frame V, the spoolN and disk-head N maybe removed from thespool-flame, the spool may be withdrawn from the disk-head, another,spool may be applied, and the new spool and disk-head may be secured inthe spool-flame by reinserting the spool-shaft t.

I11 order that the spool-shaft tmay be held in its place in thespool-frame V, it is constructed with a grooved head, y, and a slidingholder, 'W, is provided to engage in the groove, and thus preventtheshaft from being moved endwise.

The holder is held in the said groove by means of a spring, q, (see fig.23,) which, also acting through the holder upon the spool, bears thedisk N against the rim of the guide-wheel E with the force required toproduce the requisite tension upon the binding-matelial, as beforestated.

The tension of the spring q is regulated by a screw,

c, by turning which the pressure of the spring may be increased ordiminisheih \Vhen the spool is to be removed, the screw 0 is turnedsufficiently out of its socket to permit the head of the holder W to bereadily disengaged from the groove in the head y of the spool-shaft t.In order that sufiicient binding-material to form the tie or knot may berendered up during the securing of the band, the stop H, that holds thering-carrier after its liberation from the driving-power, is connectedwith a stock, H, whose position is controlled by a cam, H, fig. 21.

- This cam, H, is secured to the arbor a, which transmits motion to theband-securing instrument, (the tying-bill in this example.) It isconcentric with the arbor at its periphery, and is so set upon-thearbor, that when the revolutionof the ling-carrier is stopped, theconcentric portion of the cam H is on ,the same side of the arbor a asthe stop H. Hence, as the arbor it turns to move the tying-bill, and thecam is turned, its concentric portion holds the stop H in its positionuntil the band-securing instrument has seized the hand, then theconcentric portion of the cam, turning away from the side of the stock Hon which it acted, permits the stock and stop H to move toward 1 thearbor a, thereby permitting the ring-carrier to retrograde sufficientlyto render up slack of binding-material for forming the loop of the knot.

The apparatus thus described embodies all my improvements in a suitableform to be used for the binding of graimbut they may be embodied inother forms, as the peculiar circumstances of the work to which they areapplied, or the peculiar views of constructors may render expedient.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patentare, the following combinations and arrangements of mechanicalinstrumentalities in binding-apparatus, viz:

1. The combination of the ring-carrier and stationary band-securinginstrument with the same driving shaft, by means of connecting anddisconnecting mechanism, substantially as set forth.

2. The arrangement of the transmitting-mechanism between thedrivingshaft, the ring-carrier, and the band-securing mechanism, in suchmanner that/the said shaft may be revolved in the same direction,whether operating the ring-cariier or the band-scour? ing mechanism,substantially as set forth.

3. The ring-carrier, composed of an internal flange and an externaltoothed ring, combined by means of radial studs, substantially as setforth.

4. The combination of the detachable strap-holder with a detent,arranged to move to and fro in a circular direction upon thering-carrier, substantially as set folth.

5. The combination of the ring-carrier and curved belt-guard, for thecompressing-belt, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of the ring-carrier with a curved belt guard composedof two members, separated by' a gate-way, for the insertion of thebelt-head, substantially as set forth.

7. The arrangement of the curved. belt-guard, detachable strap-holder,and ring-carrier, so that the belt-head may be held by the said guardwithin the range or track of the strap-holder, substantially as setforth.

after it is in the gripe 8. The cord-holder, composed of two jaws,provided with serrated ibs, one of which jaws is constructed to move toand fro relatively to the other, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination of the serrated jaws of the cord-holder with afinger, for pushing the binding-ma-' terial into the gripe of said jaws,substantially as set forth.

. 10. The combination of the cord-holder, composed of jaws, one of whichmoves to and fro, as above set forth, with a knife, for, severing thebinding-material of said jaws, substantially as set forth.

11. The combination of the cord-holder, composed of jaws, one of whichmoves to and fro, with a belayhook, substantially as set forth.

12. The combination of the cord-holder, composed of jaws, one of whichmoves to and fro, with a finger and a belay-hook, substantially as setforth.

13. The combination of both the movable jaw of the cord-holder and thedetent-stops of the strapholder with one slide, substantially as setforth.

14. The combination of the ring-carrier, movable jaw of the cord-holder,and movable shear-blade with rotating cams, substantially as set forth.

15. The combination of the stationary band-securing-instrument,ring-carrier, slide, and cams, substantially as set forth. 1

l6. Thecombination of the band-securing instrument, revolving shaft,crank, slotted connecting-rod, segment, and pinion, substantially as setforth.

.17. The combination of the swinging stock of the band-securin ginstrument, stud, and stop, substantially as set forth.

18. The combination of the swinging stock of the band-securinginstrument and separate swinging-band finger, substantially as setforth.

19. The combination of the swinging frame of the spool with thedisk-head that is separate from the spool, substantially as set forth.

20. The combination of the swinging spool-frame, removable shaft, andshaft-holder, substantially as set forth.

21. The combination of the stop for the ring-carrier and theband-securing instrument, substantially as set forth.

.22. The combination of the swinging spool-frame, removable spool-shaft,shaft-holder, and spring, sub-. stantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereto set myhand,- this 24th day ofJanuary, 1867.

JACOB BEHEh Witnesses THOMAS J. RUDD, H, J. SAWYER.

